Feb 16, 2012 | Debbie in the Community, The Issues
I have heard concerns from a number of people about a project at ClubLink’s King Valley golf course to cut down a number of trees. As the project surpassed the limit allowed by York Region (YR) for tree removal without a permit King Valley did make an application. ...
Feb 1, 2012 | Debbie in the Community, The Issues
Monday the budget and business plan was passed. As adopted, the 2012 Budget & Business Plan, when considered with the Regional and Education components, results in a 3.63% property tax increase. For a home assessed at $607,709 (the average assessment in King...
Jan 29, 2012 | Debbie in the Community, The Issues
If you are like me you almost disconnected when the robo call came through this weekend before hearing the invitation to join a Virtual Town hall on Monday, January 30 to discuss the upcoming provincial budget. It is being hosted by Oakridges-Markham MPP Helene...
Jan 18, 2012 | Debbie in the Community, The Issues
I am very pleased that Council unanimously approved a resolution supporting a request for the review of existing policies, legislation, regulation and/or technical guidance relating to the uses of Local Improvement Charges (LIC) to enable their use for energy...
Jan 18, 2012 | Debbie in the Community, The Issues
Just keeping track of all the YR road projects is a challenge…let alone trying to understand and assess the implications. A mid York east-west corridor was the focus on Monday at Council: first a deputation by YR Engineering Infrastructure Planning Branch; then a...
Jan 17, 2012 | Debbie in the Community, The Issues
The 2011 budget discussions were tough; and as evident from the 1/16 meeting, the ones for the 2012 King Township municipal tax rate are going to be no different. Last year’s was particularly challenging as all the jargon was overwhelming: reserves, reserve funds,...
